Growth Metrics

Lyft (LYFT) Operating Expenses (2018 - 2026)

Lyft's quarterly Operating Expenses came in at $1.7 billion in Q1 2026, up 11.95% year-on-year from $1.5 billion in Q1 2025, and down 6.86% quarter-over-quarter from $1.8 billion in Q4 2025.

Lyft has reported Operating Expenses for 9 years, with the latest figure at $1.7 billion in Q1 2026.

  • For the quarter ending Q1 2026, Operating Expenses rose 11.95% year-over-year to $1.7 billion; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 stood at $6.7 billion (up 10.55% YoY), and the FY2025 full-year result was $6.5 billion, up 10.16% from the prior year.
  • Operating Expenses for Q1 2026 stood at $1.7 billion, down from $1.8 billion in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Operating Expenses was $1.8 billion in Q4 2025, with the low at $1.1 billion in Q1 2022.
  • Average Operating Expenses over 5 years is $1.4 billion, with a median of $1.5 billion recorded in 2024.
  • Year-over-year, Operating Expenses jumped 42.42% in 2022 and declined 27.46% in 2023.
  • Tracing LYFT's Operating Expenses over 5 years: stood at $1.8 billion in 2022, then declined by 27.46% to $1.3 billion in 2023, then increased by 18.49% to $1.5 billion in 2024, then rose by 16.78% to $1.8 billion in 2025, then decreased by 6.86% to $1.7 billion in 2026.
  • The last three Operating Expenses figures came in at $1.7 billion (Q1 2026), $1.8 billion (Q4 2025), and $1.7 billion (Q3 2025), per Business Quant data.

Peer Comparison

# Company Market Cap Enterprise Value Gross Profit (Qtr) Opex (Qtr)
1 Sap Se 253.17 Bn 235.20 Bn 8.16 Bn -7.98 Bn
2 Salesforce 171.07 Bn 161.50 Bn 8.69 Bn 6.82 Bn
3 Uber Technologies 151.10 Bn 150.06 Bn 11.88 Bn 11.28 Bn
4 Shopify 134.25 Bn 128.50 Bn 1.55 Bn 1.16 Bn
5 ServiceNow 105.72 Bn 100.54 Bn 2.83 Bn 2.33 Bn
6 Cadence Design Systems 101.64 Bn 100.23 Bn 1.26 Bn 1.04 Bn
7 Adobe 100.35 Bn 93.46 Bn 5.73 Bn 3.32 Bn
8 Automatic Data Processing 90.91 Bn 87.68 Bn 2.87 Bn 4.23 Bn
9 Intuit 88.30 Bn 81.52 Bn 6.77 Bn 4.54 Bn
10 Lyft 5.49 Bn 3.77 Bn 1.38 Bn 1.66 Bn

Historic Data

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Mar 31, 2026 1.66 Bn
Dec 31, 2025 1.78 Bn
Sep 30, 2025 1.66 Bn
Jun 30, 2025 1.59 Bn
Mar 31, 2025 1.48 Bn
Dec 31, 2024 1.52 Bn
Sep 30, 2024 1.58 Bn
Jun 30, 2024 1.46 Bn
Mar 31, 2024 1.34 Bn
Dec 31, 2023 1.28 Bn
Sep 30, 2023 1.20 Bn
Jun 30, 2023 1.18 Bn
Mar 31, 2023 1.22 Bn
Dec 31, 2022 1.77 Bn
Sep 30, 2022 1.34 Bn
Jun 30, 2022 1.36 Bn
Mar 31, 2022 1.07 Bn
Dec 31, 2021 1.24 Bn
Sep 30, 2021 1.07 Bn
Jun 30, 2021 1.01 Bn
Mar 31, 2021 1.03 Bn
Dec 31, 2020 1.02 Bn
Sep 30, 2020 953.10 Mn
Jun 30, 2020 826.84 Mn
Mar 31, 2020 1.37 Bn
Dec 31, 2019 1.40 Bn
Sep 30, 2019 1.45 Bn
Jun 30, 2019 1.54 Bn
Mar 31, 2019 1.93 Bn
Dec 31, 2018 939.59 Mn
Sep 30, 2018 853.63 Mn
Jun 30, 2018 698.55 Mn
Mar 31, 2018 642.57 Mn